DR.NUMBERS 0 Posted July 3, 2009 (edited) Hi all, I just reinstalled OFF a few days ago, patched it and for the first day it worked fine, not a problem. Ever since though the game has been freezing/crashing once I get in game. This is in campaign, quick combat and missions. MY system is: Windows XP Professional SP2 AMD Athlon 4400+ X2 NVIDIA: 8800GTX 768mb 3gb (4gb) RAM Any idea whats going on? Its really frustrating! Edited July 3, 2009 by DR.NUMBERS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sitting_duck 3 Posted July 3, 2009 did you get any strange messages when you intalled? something that might work is to delete your uisel.xml file. its located in c:\documents and settings\xxxxxxx\application data\microsoft\cfsw1 over flanders fields.. xxxxxx can either be administrator, or you logon name for windows....depending on your computer Note,,,,application data folder by default is a hidden folder,,,so if you do not have the setting to make hidden and system folders visisble,,you will not see it.. To do this,,,open windows exploer (start>all programs>accesories>windows explorer) click on tools>folder options click on view tab find "show extensions for known file types" and select it.. find "do not show hidden files and folders " and change it to show hidden files and folders find "Hide protected operating sytems files" and deselect it,,,and then say ok to the window that opens up asking you to confirm.. With all this done,,you should find your uisel.xml,,,,and there is also a master copy of uisel.xml,,, just delete the uisel.xml. Then next time you start off,,,it will generate a new one. This has fixed alot of quirky problems for me in off.. hope it works for you... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Polovski 460 Posted July 3, 2009 DR Numbers see the FAQ and set up the graphics settings sliders, you probably have them too high.. http://www.overflandersfields.com/FAQ.htm#A25 see step 7 first then try the others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DR.NUMBERS 0 Posted July 4, 2009 Thanks guys, I'll try both your suggestions and see what happens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ras 0 Posted July 4, 2009 did you get any strange messages when you intalled? something that might work is to delete your uisel.xml file. its located in c:\documents and settings\xxxxxxx\application data\microsoft\cfsw1 over flanders fields.. xxxxxx can either be administrator, or you logon name for windows....depending on your computer Note,,,,application data folder by default is a hidden folder,,,so if you do not have the setting to make hidden and system folders visisble,,you will not see it.. To do this,,,open windows exploer (start>all programs>accesories>windows explorer) click on tools>folder options click on view tab find "show extensions for known file types" and select it.. find "do not show hidden files and folders " and change it to show hidden files and folders find "Hide protected operating sytems files" and deselect it,,,and then say ok to the window that opens up asking you to confirm.. With all this done,,you should find your uisel.xml,,,,and there is also a master copy of uisel.xml,,, just delete the uisel.xml. Then next time you start off,,,it will generate a new one. This has fixed alot of quirky problems for me in off.. hope it works for you... SittingDuck, Remember we thought the reason I can't log on to a MP flight might be my poor ping rate? Regardless of that , I still have the occasional exploding aircraft. And I can't fly certain ones (they are not available, such as the Tripe (I have the Tripe with Twin Vickers) and also the F2b . I think that is what it is called, a 2 place plane anyhow. I used to be able to fly them all. So I follow your instructions to delete the uisel.xml file and I don't have one. Does ANYBODY know why? I thought it might help my problem. I have followed the FAQ and Uncleals advice to search and delete files. Now I find my computer won't allow me to do a search for files. I had a virus about a year ago which knocked out a few different things such as my power point program, microsoft word and etc. So I can't do the search to do the full clean. Just thought I would pass this along, if anyone has any idea that comes to mind. I can still fly most aircraft, so I can get some enjoyment from OFF but some obstacles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sitting_duck 3 Posted July 4, 2009 Hi Im pretty sure you have to have a uisel.xml file for the game to run... If you are running vista,,,the folder applications data is called appdata...... and,,it can be under the administrator folder, or if you log onto the computer with a user name, it can be in a folder with that name...or sometimes its in a folder called owner,,,, Now, dont think the uisel file will solve the problems with the planes,,,seems that could be something else... The exploding aircraft,,,you get that when going to the window with the 2 medals if i remeber right,,,insted of seeing the still pic of the plane,,you get a short video. Ever since i talked to you last, ive gotten that too,,(dont know how i managed to get it,,,,,,,,,), and a couple other pilots have seen the same thing,,, First think i would do is attempt to make sure you computer is clean. Ive alwaysed used avg free (and i get the download from cnet.com ONLY), http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Fr...4-10320142.html and i also use maleware bytes (free version) http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php But, deleting the uisel file is usually to solve problems of the game initialising correctly,,,it appears your game is starting up ok,,,but you have some other problems inside the game. I can always send you my stock folders for the planes that you cant fly,,,to see if that resolves that problem.. and always willing to get on teamspeak with you,,,just let me know what times are good for you... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
